蔫

蔫	U+852B, 蔫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-852B

← 蔪
[U+852A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蔬 →
[U+852C]

Translingual

Han character

蔫 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿一卜火 (TMYF), four-corner 4432₇, composition ⿱艹焉)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1055, character 23
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31837
Dae Jaweon: page 1518, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3274, character 18
Unihan data for U+852B

Chinese

trad.		蔫
simp. ^#		蔫
2nd round simp.		𦮴

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (焉) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
嘕	*qʰran
嫣	qʰran, qran, qranʔ, qans
焉	qran, ɢan, *qan
鄢	qran, qanʔ, *qans
蔫	qran, qan
漹	ɢan, qans
傿	*qans

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qran, *qan): semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 焉 (OC *qran, *ɢan, *qan).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niān (nian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niān
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nian
  - Wade–Giles: nien¹
  - Yale: nyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nhian
  - Palladius: нянь (njanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niānr
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nianr
  - Wade–Giles: nien¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: nyānr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nhial
  - Palladius: няньр (njanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jin¹
  - Yale: yīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: 'jon, 'jen

Rime
Character	蔫	蔫
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	元 (65)	仙 (79)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	謁言切	於乾切
Baxter	'jon	'jen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨɐn/	/ʔˠiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiɐn/	/ʔᵚiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiɐn/	/ʔiæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨan/	/ʔian/
Li Rong	/ʔiɐn/	/ʔjɛn/
Wang Li	/ĭɐn/	/ĭɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɨ̯ɐn/	/ʔi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yān	yān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin¹	jin¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qran/, /*qan/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蔫	蔫
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14230	14234
Phonetic component	焉	焉
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	焉
Old Chinese	/*qran/	/*qan/

Definitions

蔫

listless
(dialectal) slow-tempered; sluggish

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niān, yān (nian¹, yan¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢ, ㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lian

(Teochew, Peng'im): iêng¹ / iang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niān
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nian
  - Wade–Giles: nien¹
  - Yale: nyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nhian
  - Palladius: нянь (njanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yān
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yan
  - Wade–Giles: yen¹
  - Yale: yān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ian
  - Palladius: янь (janʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jin¹
  - Yale: yīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lian
  - Tâi-lô: lian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iêng¹ / iang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ieng / iang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieŋ³³/, /iaŋ³³/

Note:

iêng1 - Chaozhou;
iang1 - Shantou, Singapore.

Middle Chinese: 'jon, 'jen

Rime
Character	蔫	蔫
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	元 (65)	仙 (79)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	謁言切	於乾切
Baxter	'jon	'jen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨɐn/	/ʔˠiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiɐn/	/ʔᵚiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiɐn/	/ʔiæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨan/	/ʔian/
Li Rong	/ʔiɐn/	/ʔjɛn/
Wang Li	/ĭɐn/	/ĭɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɨ̯ɐn/	/ʔi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yān	yān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin¹	jin¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qran/, /*qan/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蔫	蔫
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14230	14234
Phonetic component	焉	焉
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	焉
Old Chinese	/*qran/	/*qan/

Definitions

蔫

wilted; shrivelled
not fresh

Compounds

打蔫 (dǎniān)
打蔫兒 / 打蔫儿 (dǎniānr)
蔫不唧
蔫呼呼
蔫土匪
蔫拱
蔫甘

Japanese

Kanji

蔫

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): えん (en)、おん (on)
Kun: しぼむ (shibomu)